اخترع

اِخْتَرَعَ • (iḵtaraʕa) VIII (non-past يَخْتَرِعُ (yaḵtariʕu), verbal noun اِخْتِرَاع (iḵtirāʕ))

1. (transitive) to invent

   مَا أَبْرَزُ مَا ٱخْتَرَعَهُ ٱلْيَابَانِيُّونَ فِي ٱلْقَرْنِ ٱلْمَاضِي؟

   mā ʔabrazu mā ḵtaraʕahu l-yābāniyyūna fī l-qarni l-māḍī?

   What of the last-century Japanese inventions was the most notable?

   Synonym: اِبْتَدَعَ (ibtadaʕa)

2. (transitive, archaic) to split off

   Synonyms: اِكْتَسَرَ (iktasara, “to break off”), اِقْتَطَعَ (iqtaṭaʕa, “to cut off”), اِخْتَزَلَ (iḵtazala, “to chop off; to hack off”)

   1. (transitive, obsolete) to misappropriate

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “اخترع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

From Arabic اِخْتَرَعَ (iḵtaraʕa). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ɪχtɪrəʕ/

اِخْتِرَع • (iḵtiraʿ) (imperfect يِخْتِرِع (yiḵtiriʿ))

1. (transitive) to invent

   منو اخترع نواة لنكس؟

   Who invented [the] Linux Kernel?

2. (intransitive) to be frightened, to be scared, to be afraid

   Synonym: خاف (ḵāf)

   شفيكم عسى ما اخترعتوا من الظلمة

   What's up with you, I hope you did not get scared of the dark

• خرع (ḵarraʕ, “causative form of sense 2; to scare, to frighten”)

From Arabic اِخْتَرَعَ (iḵtaraʕa).

• IPA^(key): /ix.ta.raʕ/, [ɪxˈta.raʕ]

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اخترع • (iḵtaraʕ) VIII (present بخترع (biḵtreʕ))

1. to invent

   اخترعو رمز سرّي يبعتولكم ايّاه أولادكم لمّا يحسّو حالهم بمواقف مش مريحة.

   iḵtirʕu ramz sirri yibʕatū-lkom iyyāh ūlādkom lamma yḥessu ḥālhom bi-mawāʔef miš murīḥa

   Invent a secret message for your kids to send you when they feel themselves in uncomfortable situations.